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The Museum "Genna Maria" is located in the historical center of the small village of Villanovaforru, a town of about 700 inhabitants of the historic region called Marmilla. In order to get there, along the state highway or strada statale 131 "Carlo Felice" at kilometer 50 or so, you must continue along the provincial road 52, which climbs for about 6 km with slight curves and through an undulating landscape of cereals and olive crops and vineyards.
The Archaeological Museum of "Genna Maria" is located in an elegant nineteenth ­century small palace, once used as "Monte di Soccorso". The findings of the homonymous nuragic complex, are exhibited respecting the original associations that furnished and made functional the several areas of the village. The exhibit showcases display a wide repertoire of vases, metal and stone tools referred to activities in relation with the daily life of the community that stood on the hill. The exhibition provides documentary evidence of the daily activities related to agriculture and livestock as well as the hunting duties of a small rural community of the tenth-­ninth century B.C.. Findings from sites of the territory of Marmilla can be found on the upper floor, ranging from Neolithic to Byzantine periods.

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